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Game Design Assets from GameArt2D

Easily Design Premium Games with Sprites, GUIs, Tilesets & More

Contrary to popular belief, creating a game doesn't have to be tedious and time-consuming. Access a wide array of essential game design assets--sprites, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), and more--to easily craft an engaging game without creating everything from scratch.

Professional Video Game Art School Course

Get a Holistic Game Development Education with 83-Hours of Training: 3ds Max, Craft 2D & 3D Images, and More

Why waste thousands of dollars on a formal video game development degree? Avoid a lifetime of loan payments, and get practical experience you can instantly use to develop your own games. In this comprehensive course, you'll learn everything you need to create the next iTunes Store chart-topper: how to animate characters, model 2D and 3D images, and much more.

Create premium video game art w/ 83 hours of content

Access a wide array of game design topics: basic traditional drawing, training to be a professional video game artist, etc.

Learn the basics of 3ds Max & use it to create real-life projects

Understand 2D & 3D drawing techniques

Fully master game layout & design principles

Get a primer on video game art, animation, 2D & 3D modeling, layout, and design

Stone River eLearning offers easy to understand online courses. They are very passionate about teaching topics that of interest – from technology, to business, to education. Stone River eLearning offers high-quality courses that take you from beginner to expert in a matter of hours. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Assets from Simirk Graphics

Utilize Game Kits, Icons, Tilesets & More to Easily Design Premium Games

This collection encompasses a wide variety of resources with which to get started building stunning games. You'll access ready-made sprites and icons, and even entire tilesets and game kits with which to design game worlds in no time.

Create Original Vector Game Art for Free with Inkscape

While there are ample game assets available for download, you may still have trouble finding ones that fit the game you're building. That's when Inkscape, a free vectors graphic program, truly earns its stripes. Dive into this quick 4.5-hour course, and learn to create scalable, highly versatile game assets usable in 2D mobile games and much more.

Create custom 2D game art in Inkscape w/ 4.5 hours of content

Craft art for animations, platforms, characters & more

Ensure your assets are scalable & versatile, usable on any device & at any resolution

Have stunning graphics on hand for use in any games

Improve your general game design skills

István Szép has been a graphic designer, illustrator and design teacher for more than 10 years. He creates clever logos and cute illustrations, and enjoys sharing his knowledge with eager students. He uses Inkscape in most of his designs, and instructed upon its usage at a Budapest-based college. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Game Programming with Unity

Master Unity 3D to Craft Games with Minimal Coding

Want to create engaging games without extensive coding experience? Does developing a game and exporting it to iOS, Android, and more in one fell swoop appeal to you? Then the Unity 3D game engine is your jam. Learn from an instructor who worked Electronic Arts' biggest sports titles, and end this course having fully mastered this powerful program.

Master use of the Unity 3D game engine w/ 19 hours of content

Learn how the Unity UI & system functions work, no coding experience required

Stone River eLearning offers easy to understand online courses for everyday people. They are very passionate about teaching people topics that they are interested in – from technology to business to education. Stone River eLearning offers high-quality courses that take you from beginner to expert in a matter of hours. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Details & Requirements

Length of time users can access this course: lifetime access

Access options: web streaming, mobile streaming

Certification of completion not included

Redemption deadline: redeem your code within 30 days of purchase

Experience level required: all levels

Compatibility

Internet required

Free version of Unity 3D required

Free version of Blender required

Course Outline

Introduction to Unity3D

Introduction to Unity3D (0:58)

Basic Concepts of 3D IDE (4:02)

The Interface (11:55)

Creating Scenes (3:56)

Creating Game Objects (6:41)

Menus and Views (4:59)

Running the Game (4:43)

Lab: Intro to Unity Project Setup and Creating Some Game Objects (0:47)

Lab Demo (0:54)

Asset Management

Introduction to Asset Management (1:06)

Managing Assets (5:07)

Importing Assets (21:37)

Updating Assets (2:36)

Converting Assets Into Game Objects (5:52)

Prefabs (9:27)

Lab: The Process of Importing a 3d Rig with Animations into the Game (0:55)

2D Video Game Character Animation for Beginners

Learn How the Pros Animate Their Characters

Learn to draw 2D game animations like a pro. Start with the basics of time-tested animation and drawing techniques, crafting a strong foundation for your game design knowledge. You'll then progress towards increasingly advanced techniques, until you're animating characters as they're walking, running, attacking, and much more.

Create unique, realistic 2D game characters w/ 6.5 hours of content

Animate a moving ball, a character's walk cycle & more

Tackle advanced character animation principles: keying, posing & time

Improve your general Photoshop skills

Take your game design capabilities to the next level

Stone River eLearning was founded in 2011, and calls itself the Online Technology Bootcamp. It has taught over 250,000 students through its website and reseller partners since its founding, with a focus on developing high quality video training in all areas of the tech field. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Designing Gamification

Boost User Engagement with Tried-and-True Game Concepts

Designing an app, or building an organization from the ground up? Utilize gamification techniques to boost user engagement. This course will deliver introductory content officially accredited by the Engagement Alliance, teaching you everything from what gamification actually is to how it's utilized across different industries and towards various applications.

Utilize gamification to boost user engagement w/ 7 hours of content

Learn how engagement science can transform your organization

Grasp the foundational science & research behind gamification

Get a better understanding of how to implement gamification w/ realistic examples & case studies

Watch relevant, supporting lectures from curated experts

Gabe Zichermann is the chair of GSummit, where top gamification experts across industries gather to share knowledge and insights about customer & employee engagement and loyalty. He is also the Founder/Editor of Gamification Co. as well as EQ magazine. Aside from this, Gabe is an author, highly-rated public speaker, and entrepreneur. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Learn the "Hand-Painted" Texturing Style for Video Games

Use Classic Hand-Painted Texturing & Make Superior Game Props

Forget having flat images in your video game: in this tutorial, you'll learn to utilize hand-painted textures to craft stunning, visually engaging assets. You'll start by modeling a sword in Maya, then walk step-by-step through creating these hand-painted stylized textures for both a sword and shield asset.

Master use of hand-painted textures w/ 5 hours of content

Learn how to give your games a rich & detailed aesthetic

Understand the basics of modeling & unwrapping a low poly sword

Use Maya to work through the creation process of a hand-painted sword & shield

Dive into techniques to create hand-painted textures in Photoshop

Tyson Murphy attended the animation program at Brigham Young University. He’s since worked for Disney Interactive (Avalanche), Chair Entertainment, and currently works as a Character Artist on World of Warcraft for Blizzard Entertainment. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!

Learn to Model & Texture 3D Assets for Mobile Games

Create Stunning Game Assets with a Stylized, Hand-Painted Look

This beginner-friendly course will walk you through the creation of a simple vehicle featuring a hand-painted aesthetic. You'll learn to model images in Maya, do rapid texture painting using 3D Coat, craft final edits in Photoshop, and more--ending with a low-resolution vehicle usable in most game engines today.

Model & texture 3D assets for mobile games w/ 3 hours of content

Learn the fundamentals of crafting images in Maya

Paint stylized textures using 3dCoat & Photoshop

Become comfortable creating your own game assets

Consolidate your game design skills

3dmotive is a one-stop shop for 3D and video game art and animation tutorials. Its software training includes Autodesk's 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop, UDK, ZBrush, Unity, and a whole lot more. If you want to learn 3d modeling and game art, 3dmotive has what you need--including beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutorials. For more details on the course and instructor, click here.
This course is hosted by StackSkills, the premier eLearning destination for discovering top-shelf courses on everything from coding—to business—to fitness, and beyond!